That brought a smile to my FReeper face. Also that the local cops gave him an "owee."
His mother's response speaks volumes about his ability to logically and analytically think his actions through.
Posted on 07/04/2005 6:25:07 PM PDT by Salem
War protester sets flag on fire
MURRIETA: Lee Henry Vollick, 19, is attacked by concertgoers, then arrested, his mother says.
By SARAH BURGE / The Press-Enterprise
MURRIETA - After a 19-year-old war protester set fire to an American flag at the Murrieta city birthday bash Saturday evening, angry bystanders attacked him before he could say a word, his mother said Sunday.
Police said Lee Henry Vollick, of Murrieta, set an American flag ablaze around 7:55 p.m. in the middle of a crowded concert at the California Oaks Sports Park.
The protester's mother, Barbara Vollick, said her son was trying to make a statement against the war in Iraq, not against the United States.
"He's just a college student being crazy," she said.
Murrieta police Sgt. Dennis Vrooman said, "He was basically a one-man demonstration."
He was trying to get others to join him, Vrooman said, "but he wasn't getting any cooperation."
Vollick said her son was upset about President Bush's speech on Iraq last week.
"He's very angry that our young men are dying," Vollick said.
"He didn't even get to say anything," she said, alleging that about a half-dozen people attacked him and pulled the flag away. One man punched him in the face, she said.
Vollick said Sunday her son wasn't in any condition to speak with the press.
"He's actually in a lot of pain right now." She said his face was cut, his neck and back were hurt, and he had welts on his wrists from handcuffs police placed on him when he was arrested.
Vollick was up all night in jail, she said, and he wasn't released until nearly 10 a.m. Sunday morning.
According to a police news release, a Murrieta police officer approached Vollick because the fire posed a hazard to the crowd. The fire burned out quickly, but the officer tried to grab Vollick anyway.
Vollick resisted and tried to break away from his grasp, the release said. With the help of several bystanders, including two off-duty Murrieta police officers, the officer brought Vollick to the ground.
Vollick was arrested on suspicion of resisting a police officer, disturbing a public assembly and inciting a riot. Vollick's mother said he was just trying to stand up, not fight the officers.
"He was yelling, 'You're hurting me,' " she said. "He has a bad back."
Vrooman said, "From my understanding, there were quite a few people in the crowd who were displeased at what he was doing." When the police took the teen him away, Vrooman said, "people applauded."
Vollick said her son was a student at Mt. San Jacinto College for a semester and a half, but had to take time off for health reasons.
She said he had planned to go back to school in August or join the Navy.
"He loves the military," Vollick said, adding that he was a Young Marine for two years when they lived in San Diego. "He wants to serve his country, but he doesn't want to kill people."
Reach Sarah Burge at (951) 368-9642 or sburge@pe.com
That brought a smile to my FReeper face. Also that the local cops gave him an "owee."
His mother's response speaks volumes about his ability to logically and analytically think his actions through.
HAPPY July 4th!
Well now...that explains everything.
Vollick is an idiot.
I bet it's really bad now! Ha ha!
he was a Young Marine for two years when they lived in San Diego.
Doesn't sound like he learned anything.
Outstanding thread! That is one dumb mother -- her son seems short on brains as well. Liberals are going nuts after the President's speech! :)
Burning the flag is a violent act...he got what he deserved...
Personally I was happy to read this. Appears being anti American and anti war wasn't as popular as he thought it was.
Wonder if the NAVY would take him, bad back and the I.Q. of cottage cheese and all.
Wait a minute. He has such a bad back that he can't be handcuffed but he wants to join the military again? Most Marines don't run around burning flags and talk about joining the Navy. Maybe this guy should change his last name to Enigma.</p>
He was trying to get others to join him, Vrooman said, "but he wasn't getting any cooperation."
"He didn't even get to say anything," she said.....Vollick said Sunday her son wasn't in any condition to speak with the press.
"He's actually in a lot of pain right now." She said Vollick was up all night in jail, she said
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too funny, LOL
Like mother, like son. 
"He has a bad back..."
And, he doesn't want to kill anyone (not that any sane person does, but we ARE talking about the military)....
But he still wants to join the Navy.
Yup, idiot.
You know, "freedom of speech" does NOT mean that your speech won't get reactions you don't like. It simply means that the Feds won't censor you (even if they want to). In this case, the crowd simply exercised their first amendment right to express their reaction to this idiot.
Who knew this was going to turn out to be one of those "feel good" stories?
I think he learned if he burns the flag, free speech or not, he gets thrown a beating...and deservedly so.
Consider your audience.
He probably watches a lot of Old Media.
Wow! This twit couldn't get any cooperation for his stunt from Californians? I'm speeechless.
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